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Umnikelo Onikelelwa Abantu BakaNkulunkulu
1 Mayelana lomnikelo onikelelwa abantu bakaNkulunkulu: Yenzani lokhu engatshela amabandla aseGalathiya ukuba akwenze. 2 Ngosuku lwakuqala maviki wonke, yilowo lalowo wenu kabeke eceleni imali ethile kusiya mayelana leholo lakhe, ayigcine, ukuze kuthi ekufikeni kwami kungabi lokuqoqa okwenziwayo. 3 Ngakho-ke, ekufikeni kwami ngizabapha izincwadi zokubaveza labobantu elibakhethileyo ngibathume eJerusalema lesipho senu. 4 Kungabonakala kufanele ukuba ngihambe labo, bazangiphelekezela.
Izicelo ZikaPhawuli
5 Sengidlule eMasedoniya ngizakuza kini, ngoba ngizadlula eMasedoniya. 6 Mhlawumbe ngizahlala lani okwesikhatshana, mhlawumbe ubusika bonke, ukuze lingisize ohanjweni lwami, ezindaweni zonke engiya kuzo. 7 Kangifisi ukulibona khathesi ngilethekelela okwesikhatshana nje; ngithemba ngizahlala lani okwesikhathi esithile, nxa iNkosi ivuma. 8 Kodwa ngizahlala e-Efesu kuze kufike iPhentekhosti, 9 ngoba ngivulelwe umnyango omkhulu womsebenzi ophumelelayo, njalo banengi abangiphikisayo.
10 UThimothi angafika, libone ukuthi akulalutho alwesabayo eseselani ngoba uqhubeka ngomsebenzi weNkosi njengami. 11 Ngakho akungabi lomuntu owalayo ukumamukela. Medluliseni ngokuthula ukuze abuye kimi. Ngimlindele kanye labazalwane.
12 Mayelana lomzalwane wethu u-Apholo: Ngamncenga kakhulu ukuba eze kini labazalwane. Ubengafisi ukuhamba khathesi kodwa uzahamba lapho eselethuba.
13 Lindani; qinani ekukholweni kwenu; libe ngabantu abalesibindi, wobani lamandla. 14 Yenzani konke ngothando.
15 Liyakwazi ukuthi abendlu KaStefane baba ngamakholwa akuqala e-Akhayiya njalo sebazinikela emsebenzini wabantu beNkosi. Ngiyalincenga, bazalwane, 16 ukuba lizinikele kwabanjengalaba lakubo bonke abahlanganyela emsebenzini basebenze khona. 17 Ngathokoza ekufikeni kukaStefane loFothunathu kanye lo-Akhayikhu ngoba balethe obekusilela kuvela kini. 18 Ngoba bavuselela umoya wami kanye lowenu. Abantu abanjalo bafanele ukuqakathekiswa.
Ukuvalelisa
19 Amabandla asesifundeni sase-Ezhiya ayalibingelela.
U-Akhwila loPhrisila ngokuthokoza eNkosini bayalibingelela kakhulu, lenza njalo lebandla elihlanganela endlini yabo.
20 Bonke abazalwane abalapha bayalibingelela.
Bingelelanani ngokwangana okungcwele.
21 Mina, Phawuli, ngiloba ukubingelela lokhu ngesami isandla.
22 Nxa umuntu engayithandi iNkosi, kehlelwe yisithuko. Woza, awu Nkosi!
23 Umusa weNkosi uJesu kawube lani.
24 Uthando lwami kini lonke kuKhristu uJesu. Ameni.